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Minaj seemingly is suffering from Gaga-itis, the disorder where an artist believes the hype, hypemen/women surrounding them, the propaganda, and believes everything they touch or release is golden, no matter how appalling the quality of said works are. Albeit Gaga's was only a flop in a commercial sense and of a lesser scale.

I see what you tryna do here and it ain't cute. I won't have, I won't hear it. Slay This Way ain't flopping when it's outselling every ***** in the game minus Adele. Nice of you to try though. Keep it clean in here.

I'm calling it right now that this will make it to #1 after Christmas and be one of the biggest alternative smashes of 2013.

9. "Beauty and a Beat" - Justin Bieber f/ Nicki Minaj (+5)

Oh yay, my two favourite artists both get a Top 10, this is awesome! [/sarcasm]

YOU JUST LOST THE GAME

Originally Posted by KickAsh

Guess what Gallade did last night? I don't know. Maybe he was at the bar, having a few drinks with his bros because even though he is so awesome he is also agreeable and a normal guy, just like you and me. Maybe he was with a woman. Maybe he was drag racing HORSES, which is a sport he invented. You know what else Gallade invented? The lightbulb.
AND LIFE ITSELF.

WHAT THE ****!!!!!!
the x factor usa was so ridiculously amazing that everyone was on the same level... seriously; idk who to vote for... no really, i'm lost. i love carly, but i don't think she did the best. i love 5th harmony, but i don't feel like their fanbase is big enough that my vote would matter. and the others are in between this mess. seriously, they were all great and i would be really upset no matter who goes home. i really wish this were the finale week cuz they all deserve to be there, and i know that sounds cliche but, again, i'm just that lost. any suggestions on who to vote for??? (before midnight, of course)

WHAT THE ****!!!!!!
the x factor usa was so ridiculously amazing that everyone was on the same level... seriously; idk who to vote for... no really, i'm lost. i love carly, but i don't think she did the best. i love 5th harmony, but i don't feel like their fanbase is big enough that my vote would matter. and the others are in between this mess. seriously, they were all great and i would be really upset no matter who goes home. i really wish this were the finale week cuz they all deserve to be there, and i know that sounds cliche but, again, i'm just that lost. any suggestions on who to vote for??? (before midnight, of course)

Yeah, I honestly think Demi hasn't done a great job. Cece was great until live shows although her final week was great. And Jennel, who a lot of people thought would make it to the at least the semi-finals came in 10th. I don't think she is coming back next year. LA just announced he won't be coming back next year. Wonder what guy they will bring in to replace him.

Well, the Final 3 of X-Factor has just been revealed, so my comments are in spoiler tags (in case people haven't watched yet and don't want to be spoiled):

Spoiler:- X Factor Top 3:

-Tate Stevens
-Carly Rose Sonenclar
-Fifth Harmony

Firstly, can I say how so amazingly happy I am for Fifth Harmony!! I was so certain that the teenage girl demographic of the show would bring Emblem3 through over them, so I'm extremely happy that they're in the final - all five of them sing amazingly and they've been my favourite act under Carly for a while now. Speaking of which... GOOD RIDDANCE, EMBLEM3. I don't know what took the American public so long to realize that they literally couldn't sing, but better late than never I guess. I was considering not watching the finals if they had gotten through, so I'm glad that I get to watch now.

And X Factor really needs to stop with the overload of suspense and tension, I was getting genuinely worried that Carly would be going home over Emblem3. Carly got some negative comments yesterday by the judges while Emblem3 didn't, so I'm glad that the majority of the voters don't just listen to the judges and actually make their own decisions.

I've been pretty neutral towards Tate this whole competition, so I guess I'm not happy nor sad that he made it through. But out of the four acts, I was the most confident that he'd get through, so no shock there.

Overall, really good Top 3. Should make for an interesting finals next week.

YOU JUST LOST THE GAME

Originally Posted by KickAsh

Guess what Gallade did last night? I don't know. Maybe he was at the bar, having a few drinks with his bros because even though he is so awesome he is also agreeable and a normal guy, just like you and me. Maybe he was with a woman. Maybe he was drag racing HORSES, which is a sport he invented. You know what else Gallade invented? The lightbulb.
AND LIFE ITSELF.

Knew that STIUTK would end up in the #1 position, but it's still amazing to actually see it! It was one of the best songs of 2012 (if not the best), so I'm glad that it got the recognition that it deserved.

3. "We Are Young" - fun. f/ Janelle Monáe
14. "Some Nights" - fun.

Congrats to fun. on two huge hits! WAY was amazing charting at #3 considering its success was pretty much only in the first half of the year. Meanwhile, Some Nights could have even ranked in the Top 10 if the year were longer or if had been released earlier, but #14 is great considering it's still in the middle of its Top 10 run on the Hot 100!

5. "Lights" - Ellie Goulding

Wow, didn't expect this to make it into the Top 5! Another great song that gets the recognition it deserved. It's just sad that it never made it to #1 on the Hot 100 which is yet another reason why I hate CMM.

Wow, Flo Rida did a lot better this year than I thought. Interesting how "Whistle" is his lowest placing song considering it was his only #1 this year. I guess the other two had better longevity.

12. "Set Fire To The Rain" - Adele

Nice to see Adele ranking fairly high up, but weird to not see her completely dominating. Well, she's one of only two artists in history to get the #1 album of the year with the same album two years in a row, so I think that's enough 2012 domination.

Woah, didn't expect any of these to chart so high! None of them had peaks or Top 10 runs that were too good, so I guess it goes to show that great longevity can create hits just as much as high peaks can.

24. "Titanium" - David Guetta f/ Sia

Yay for Titanium making the Top 25! I was afraid that it wouldn't make it considering it didn't spend TOO long in the Top 10, but nice to see it snuck in here!

30. "Too Close" - Alex Clare

Considering this was a hit so late into the year, I didn't even expect it to make the Top 50! Definitely one of the biggest shocks here for me.

Overall, the Year-End Hot 100 chart is... not what I expected. I was quite surprised at some of the songs that managed to make it into the final Top 10, and at a lot of the songs that made it as high as they did. Overall, it's a pretty good chart, and for the most part, good music did well.

YOU JUST LOST THE GAME

Originally Posted by KickAsh

Guess what Gallade did last night? I don't know. Maybe he was at the bar, having a few drinks with his bros because even though he is so awesome he is also agreeable and a normal guy, just like you and me. Maybe he was with a woman. Maybe he was drag racing HORSES, which is a sport he invented. You know what else Gallade invented? The lightbulb.
AND LIFE ITSELF.

Quite happy to see these songs high up on the list. While I don't care for The Wanted, I think they are much easier to tolerate than 1D. Lights is one of my favourites from this year.

33. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" - Taylor Swift

Why is this so low? I heard it all the time this year.

46. "Domino" - Jessie J
47. "Gangnam Style" - PSY

Both of these songs are way lower than they should. I'm still not over PSY getting blocked a #1 when One More Night, quite possibly Maroon 5 most annoying song, just stayed there for what seemed like a eternity. Domino, I thought would be a bigger hit to, although in the UK it was a #1 song for about 3 weeks in January, so I probably heard it more seeing as I come from the UK.

Also, I'm surprised to see that Brokenhearted and Let's Go isn't even in the top 50. I heard them a lot this year, although I do live in the uk.

Well, the Final 3 of X-Factor has just been revealed, so my comments are in spoiler tags (in case people haven't watched yet and don't want to be spoiled):

Spoiler:- X Factor Top 3:

-Tate Stevens
-Carly Rose Sonenclar
-Fifth Harmony

Firstly, can I say how so amazingly happy I am for Fifth Harmony!! I was so certain that the teenage girl demographic of the show would bring Emblem3 through over them, so I'm extremely happy that they're in the final - all five of them sing amazingly and they've been my favourite act under Carly for a while now. Speaking of which... GOOD RIDDANCE, EMBLEM3. I don't know what took the American public so long to realize that they literally couldn't sing, but better late than never I guess. I was considering not watching the finals if they had gotten through, so I'm glad that I get to watch now.

And X Factor really needs to stop with the overload of suspense and tension, I was getting genuinely worried that Carly would be going home over Emblem3. Carly got some negative comments yesterday by the judges while Emblem3 didn't, so I'm glad that the majority of the voters don't just listen to the judges and actually make their own decisions.

I've been pretty neutral towards Tate this whole competition, so I guess I'm not happy nor sad that he made it through. But out of the four acts, I was the most confident that he'd get through, so no shock there.

Overall, really good Top 3. Should make for an interesting finals next week.

Spoiler:- Lots of X Factor Stuff:

Well for starters I thought that was the most shocking result. I expected 5th harmony going home because they were the underdogs and they received negative criticism. I considered Carly going home because she got negative criticism and everyone brought their A-game on Wednesday. I even considered Tate going home because I personally felt he did the least good (not the worst; everyone did good). With emblem3, I figured, Hey! they have a huge fanbase and they just had the best night on the show. I get some people hate them and, believe me, I get sick of the typical heartthrob overrated guys in the biz (Jonas brothers, justin bieber, etc.), but emblem3 isn't bad at all. They have a nice sound -- like in their audition and their songs this week -- and they look like they'd be fun to hang with.

I'm just also throwing in that I happen to love the suspense; in American Idol, it's very cheesy and overdone, and Ryan Seacrest, after all these years, is starting to get on my nerves, but in the x factor, it's very exciting and it keeps me glued to the t.v., because they have the charimsa of simon cowell, and they have dramatic music instead of American Idol's "du-naa du-naa du-naa du-naa aaaaAAAAAAAAh" ****ty theme song. If the xf didn't have that, then I wouldn't be as interesting. And also, I think the judges generally know what they're talking about. Like, even though Demi didn't do so great as a mentor, she did make some criticisms that truly did make sense.

And why was Brigit Mendler there? Is she a legit singer, or just another autoned Disney/Nickelodeon teen star?

Overall, though, I happy with the finals. I doubtlessly loved everyone in the top 5, but I guess I'm the only one, so I knew for a while I was gonna be satisfied. Carly's my favorite, based on her performances throughout the whole show. Tate is so good, especially for a country singer, a genre that bores me. And fifth harmony stole my heart after their first rendition of impossible. Since tate winning is so obvious, i would prefer if one of the other two acts win, but, for the thousandth time, I'm happy either way.

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no surprise these songs made the top 10. loving 1 and 5. don't care for 3 or 10. hate 2 for a passion, for sucking, being awarded for sucking, and making victims out of what would have otherwise been #1 songs

why is adele's highest at #12? everything this woman does is literally golden. "skyfall", a song she recorded in 10 minutes, is being nominated for Best Original Song.
Flo Rida should not have been that high up, espeically with the vulgar connotations of #17, yuck!
I expected "the motto" to be higher. this is the song that started "y.o.l.o." i'm starting to see that cultural references are not considered.

24 TITANIUM David Guetta Featuring Sia What A Music/Astralwerks/Capitol

okay, this song was EVERYWHERE, and should've been higher. it was on the radio a lot, and it's used practically every week by the x factor, and it's used by the z100 commercials, and, believe it or not, even more examples i can't remember. and i believe it also had a nice longetivity in the top 10. crime against david guetta

39 GIVE YOUR HEART A BREAK Demi Lovato Hollywood

good job, demi! i feel like a lot of people disregard her, and now can't stand her due to the xf, so it makes me happy to see her success validated

I'm quite surprised at some of the placements of the songs (like Glad You Came and We Found Love) I honestly thought Call Me Maybe would be number one lol

Finally did some catching up on some music...finally listened to Unapologetic.....Dear lord.....I don't know what to say. Not Rihanna's best album IMO. also listened to Little Mix's album and quite liked it. Brits have not been letting me down lately.

Ke$ha's hit single "Die Young" is being pulled off from radio stations across the country after Newton school massacre various media reports:

After disapointing album sales, Ke$ha's hit song "Die Young" was the singer's saving grace -- until now.

TMZ reports that radio stations across the country have pulled the song from rotation following the shooting in Newtown, Conn., which claimed the lives of 26 people, including 20 children.

According to Mediabase, a company that tracks radio airplay, on the day of the shooting, "Die Young" came in at No. 3 on the radio playlist charts, reaching 167 million listeners, but by Monday, the song had dropped by 19 million listeners.

Despite the huge drop in listeners, Billboard still lists "Die Young" as continuing to hold the No. 3 spot on the radio charts, but TMZ claims the massive drop is a sign that radio stations have begun to pull the song from rotation, noting that the last time a song plummeted this quickly is when the Dixie Chicks were banned from country radio after they insulted President Bush in 2003.

Calls made by The Huffington Post to Z100 and 102.7 KISS-FM, New York and Los Angeles' hit music stations, for comment have not yet been returned.

Anyways, I heard about the whole "Die Young" thing a couple of days ago. Like flamebeam said, it's just a really bad coincidence for Ke$ha... but you can't blame the radio stations. Even though Ke$ha's 'die young' is just about partying and not about actually dying, I can still understand why people don't want to hear a song where the concept of dying young is being taken so excitedly and upbeat.

Anyways, a DJ known as DJ Earworm has a tradition of mashing up the biggest hits of each year (as I'm sure almost all of you here know). Anyways, 2012's just came out:

I think it's pretty good, especially considering making this one must have been challenging. So many of the big hits this year sounded so different from each other, so making one song with all of them must have been difficult. Sometimes, the really drastic pitch changes that he had to do for some of the songs was a bit annoying, but he really had no choice. Other than that, it's catchy and sounds really cool, which makes it a success.

EDIT: Ok, so now that I listen to it now, I realize it's not as good as I first thought. Still not bad, but not nearly as good as any of his previous ones.

Last edited by Silent Conversation; 18th December 2012 at 10:30 PM.

YOU JUST LOST THE GAME

Originally Posted by KickAsh

Guess what Gallade did last night? I don't know. Maybe he was at the bar, having a few drinks with his bros because even though he is so awesome he is also agreeable and a normal guy, just like you and me. Maybe he was with a woman. Maybe he was drag racing HORSES, which is a sport he invented. You know what else Gallade invented? The lightbulb.
AND LIFE ITSELF.

This is why I hate music censorship. It's almost never logical. Yes the title may be coincidental, but it has nothing to do with shooting or actually dying young. She better starting promoting C'Mon. Meanwhile, I hope she makes a video for Dirty Love.

Anyways, a DJ known as DJ Ear Anyways worm has a tradition of mashing up the biggest hits of each year (as I'm sure almost all of you here know). Anyways, 2012's just came out:

I think it's pretty good, especially considering making this one must have been challenging. So many of the big hits this year sounded so different from each other, so making one song with all of them must have been difficult. Sometimes, the really drastic pitch changes that he had to do for some of the songs was a bit annoying, but he really had no choice. Other than that, it's catchy and sounds really cool, which makes it a success.

EDIT: Ok, so now that I listen to it now, I realize it's not as good as I first thought. Still not bad, but not nearly as good as any of his previous ones.

it was decent. i hate that he used the "die young" background for the whole song. i do give him a lot of credit for making the combined lyrics make sense with each other

Originally Posted by HoennMaster

This is why I hate music censorship. It's almost never logical. Yes the title may be coincidental, but it has nothing to do with shooting or actually dying young. She better starting promoting C'Mon. Meanwhile, I hope she makes a video for Dirty Love.

USOP12 was good....but 2009 still remains my favorite.

but this actually does make sense. the last.thing people affected/traumatized by this incident wanna hear is someone singing "WE'RE GONNA DIE YOUNG!" in a fun tone with a dance-inspiring beat, as if we're celebrating that the young are dying. it's nobody's fault; that line of the song simply has context inappropriate from a recent, devastating incident. the song will still be played in the future, when time has healed the wounds enough

but this actually does make sense. the last.thing people affected/traumatized by this incident wanna hear is someone singing "WE'RE GONNA DIE YOUNG!" in a fun tone with a dance-inspiring beat, as if we're celebrating that the young are dying. it's nobody's fault; that line of the song simply has context inappropriate from a recent, devastating incident. the song will still be played in the future, when time has healed the wounds enough

That's their problem for not understand what the song is about. It's not about wanting to die young or making dying young a good thing. It's about celebrating your life. If people are dumb enough to not pay attention that's their fault, I shouldn't be punished.

That's their problem for not understand what the song is about. It's not about wanting to die young or making dying young a good thing. It's about celebrating your life. If people are dumb enough to not pay attention that's their fault, I shouldn't be punished.

i understand how you feel, except for the part i boldfaced. you obviously have a computer; listen to DY there. do you have an iPod? or a smart phone? listen to it there, too. sorry, but i don't understand how this punishes you. o_O

That's their problem for not understand what the song is about. It's not about wanting to die young or making dying young a good thing. It's about celebrating your life. If people are dumb enough to not pay attention that's their fault, I shouldn't be punished.

The thing is, people aren't at their most attentive when they're trying to mourn one of the US's worst tragedies in history. When people hear the song after thinking about 20 young children who were murdered, they aren't really thinking about what the song truly means or what real message is being portrayed; they see and hear the title "Die Young" and they immediately think about children who died young.

And like flamebeam said, I really disagree with the whole "I shouldn't be punished" part of that post. Like he said, there are tons of ways to access the song without radio and you can still listen to it as often as you want. And if you're referring to how one of your favourite artist's current single is getting snubbed of its longevity - it's not Ke$ha's first hit and it certainly won't be her last, it's not the end of the world that this one spends a few less weeks in the Hot 100's Top 10.

YOU JUST LOST THE GAME

Originally Posted by KickAsh

Guess what Gallade did last night? I don't know. Maybe he was at the bar, having a few drinks with his bros because even though he is so awesome he is also agreeable and a normal guy, just like you and me. Maybe he was with a woman. Maybe he was drag racing HORSES, which is a sport he invented. You know what else Gallade invented? The lightbulb.
AND LIFE ITSELF.